Posts Tagged ‘New York’

Bloomberg Added Home No. 11 in 2011, Records Show

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

The 33-acre estate in Westchester County adjoins property the New York mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, already owns for the use of his daughter, Georgina, an accomplished equestrienne.

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Patz suspect charged with murder

Friday, May 25th, 2012

The man held over the 1979 vanishing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is charged with one count of second-degree murder.

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Man in custody in 1979 Etan Patz case

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

New York police have a man in custody who implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, which helped trigger a national focus on missing children.

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Suspect ‘detained in Patz death’

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

New York City police say they are holding a suspect in connection with the disappearance of local six-year-old boy Etan Patz in 1979.

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Ex-Employees Mum on New York Public Library Project

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Former employees say they signed agreements that forbid them from commenting on the New York Public Library’s plan to revamp its Fifth Avenue building.

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Bride who faked cancer must pay up

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A New York woman who pretended to have terminal cancer to pay for an extravagant wedding and honeymoon has been ordered to give back thousands of dollars she received from sympathetic donors.

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New York Taxi Fares May Soon Go Up

Monday, May 21st, 2012

An increase, if approved by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, could take effect as soon as mid-July. A public hearing is set for May 31.

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China activist Chen lands in US

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.

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Jesus Christ ice pops made from frozen, inadvertently blessed wine. No, we can’t believe we typed that, either.

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Sebastian Errazuriz has used art to take on an array of issues: New York's death rate, the Occupy movement, military suicide, children with disabilities, the brutal reign of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Now, the Brooklyn-based artist is taking aim at what he sees as religious extremism. At a party this weekend celebrating New York Design Week, which begins today, the Chilean-born artist plans to hand out 100 “Christian Popsicles” made of “frozen holy wine transformed into the blood of Christ” and featuring a crucifix instead the tongue depressor that typically hosts the frozen treats, he said. An image of Jesus Christ positioned traditionally on the cross is visible once the ice pop is consumed. As for the frozen wine, Errazuriz said, he concealed it in a cooler and took it into a church, where it was “inadvertently blessed by the priest while turning wine into the blood of Christ during the Eucharist.” Read – Artist wants Jesus Popsicles to stand as statement on fanaticism, violence

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Betty White dishes on her career at Lisner Auditorium

Friday, May 18th, 2012

If it seems like Betty White is everywhere these days, that’s because she is. She started tweeting last month. She was roasted last week at the Friar’s Club in New York, where she was treated to a life-size cake in her image. And Thursday night, the 64-year showbiz veteran, former star of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls,” was at Lisner Auditoruim to discuss her career and share recollections from her book, “ Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo ,” which came out this fall. ( White is at the National Zoo for a book signing Friday.) Read full article > >

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Autopsy set for Mary Kennedy

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

A New York medical examiner will begin an autopsy Thursday on Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was found dead at her Westchester County home.

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Virgin Launches In-Flight Cell Use

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

On flights between New York and London.

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Virgin Atlantic allows air calls

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York are now able to make in-flight phone calls.

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Kodak lab had weapons-grade uranium

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Kodak — the company known for decades for its cameras and film — this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

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Falling Limbs: Suits Over Tree Injuries Show New York City’s Aggressive Legal Tactics

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Some strategies, including secret video surveillance of one victim, show a combative approach to the way New York City fights personal injury claims.

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Falling Limbs: Suits Over Tree Injuries Show New York City’s Aggressive Legal Tactics